an open letter to Kyle - some questions regarding the current state of wulven

[Icebear]

reposting this in a new thread, as you closed the old one.
don't know if you just missed the post, or did not reply on purpose...

I tend to believe you may not feel comfortable replying, but well, lets see...

so then, another attempt to get some relevant info from Kyle/wulven

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dear Kyle,

the following is based on my experience in a big and successful software company, so not without any serious background.

I would like to ask you a few questions:

- is there any quality assurance, or how many people are working as QA for wulven?
(not counting yourself... making a developer a QA engineer is like making a criminal his own judge, but you surely are aware of that, aren't you?)

- if there are any except you, are those QA engineers actually studied (experienced) QA engineers, or not?

- do you have, and if - what is the name of your product manager (you know, one of that guys that drive the whole process. Is he actually experienced as PM for a software product?)

- how many devs (except you) are currently working for wulven?

- how many of them are really experienced in coding in general & unity in particular?


I think you already know what I would like to suggest...
from my perspective it's sooooo obvious that wulven - as a software company - is extremely unbalanced.

you don't (IMO) need a sociologist... u have a great community, u have a great design team... but u obviously lack coding manpower (that's extremely obvious),
and you lack QA (also pretty obvious that u don't have a single pro QA engineer, as no serious engineer would let pass things like e.g. the last GUI update).

and the PM, well, if you had one, he would sort out a lot of the things I think u currently have to take care of... and things no one takes care of atm.

so please please please either tell me I am wrong with what I consider obvious facts,
or - if I am not wrong - get some devs and at least one pro QA dude and one pro PM.

without u will not even come close to the success you could have otherwise.

Indy or not... there is a reason for those established roles in software engineering,
so please eventually consider my words, and NO, u can't do that all at the same time

greets,
icebear

opinions expressed here are my personal ones and not related to a1 as such

(sent from my exile in other games until I really see some noticeable change)

[Raphael Majere]

while these concerns are valid, and the bugs on Jasmine are pesky, it's really putting a dampener on the game.

Shadow Era is in 'Shadow Era'. :/

[Gondorian]

You really think Kyle is going to answer those questions?

I think he will have read your post though.

[Icebear]

You really think Kyle is going to answer those questions?

I think he will have read your post though.

I don't know,
I do however assume that I know how not replying may be perceived by the public.

but - and you know more about the true answers - if or if not he replies may be influenced by Kyles opinion about those questions (e.g. "does wulven need QA, PM and more devs")

if he would have positive answers to those questions - either because my assumptions are wrong, or because he agrees on the suggestions and at least plans to hire some - then he surely would reply and share those good news, don't you think?

so what exactly do YOU think, gondorian?

You really think Kyle is going to NOT answer those questions?

what is your opinion regarding QA?
is that something that works well for wulven?

ever had the feeling that there maybe a lack of coding manpower?

ever met the PM of wulven?


If those questions all remain unanswered, well then...
that would also be an answer you know....

[Gondorian]

I'm pretty sure it's not standard practice for a company to share all that kind of information. Especially when it is being pulled.

What's the benefit? It'll get pushed when the (marketing?) benefit of sharing outweighs the leakage of confidential need-to-know-only information.

[Atomzed]

Erm why would telling people you have a QA manager or a project manager be considered as confidential info?

[Shadow Era]

Thank you Icebear, you found the solution! I just need to hire some good programmers and QA. Now why didn't I think of that before? We have an opening for a Production Manager if you're interested!

[SET Colosal]

[bayangan bulan]

Thank you Icebear, you found the solution! I just need to hire some good programmers and QA. Now why didn't I think of that before? We have an opening for a Production Manager if you're interested!

+1,
nice to hear that

[BRK Kv]

Only kyle and some friends cant manage Shadowera. Its a needless post. Jasmine has a trouble? yes it has. Hurry could be the trouble. Failed on test stage of the project. Failed like ALL entity may fail.